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This day in history...Johnson signs Medicare into law, 1965
AMERICAN REVOLUTION
Isaac Shelby takes Fort Thicketty, South Carolina, 1780
AUTOMOTIVE
Last classic VW Beetle rolls off the line, 2003
CIVIL WAR
Union forces stopped at the Battle of the Crater, 1864
COLD WAR
Summit meeting in Helsinki begins, 1975
CRIME
Man charged in murder of Megan Kanka, 1994
DISASTER
Fighter jet collides with passenger plane, 1971
GENERAL INTEREST
First legislative assembly in America, 1619
Henry Moore born, 1898
USS Indianapolis bombed, 1945
England wins World Cup, 1966
Watergate affair approaches climax, 1974
HOLLYWOOD
Blair Witch Project released, 1999
LITERARY
Emily Bronte's birthday, 1818
MUSIC
The Troggs take their signature hit, "Wild Thing," to #1, 1966
OLD WEST
Chief Pocatello signs peace treaty, 1863
PRESIDENTIAL
President Eisenhower signs "In God We Trust" into law, 1956
SPORTS
Bruce Jenner wins decathlon, 1976
VIETNAM WAR
South Vietnamese boats raid islands in the Tonkin Gulf, 1964
Nixon visits South Vietnam, 1969
WORLD WAR I
Battle of Hooge, 1915
WORLD WAR II
Hitler gets news of Italy's imminent defection, 1943

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